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Genetics
Chapter 16 Vocabulary
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
11/28/2012

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Additive genetic variance
Definition
Genetic variance associated with the average effect of substituting one allele for another.
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Artificial selection
Definition
Situation in which the parents of the next generation are chosen based on the presence of useful or desirable characteristics.
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Broad-sense heritability (H2)
Definition
Within a particular population, the proportion of total phenotypic variance that is contributed by genetic variance.
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Continuous variation
Definition
Existence in a population of an unbroken range of forms, in which every intermediate form is possible.
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Discrete variation
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Existence in a population of two or more distinctly different forms.
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Dominance genetic variance
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Genetic variance at a single locus attributable to interactions (dominance) between alleles.
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Heritability
Definition
The extent to which phenotypic differences among individuals are due to genetic differences.
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Meristic trait
Definition
A trait that varies quantitatively in increments of whole, countable units.
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Multifactorial trait
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A characteristic that results from multiple genetic and environmental factors that interact to determine a phenotype.
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Narrow-sense heritability (h2)
Definition
Within a particular population, the proportion of total phenotypic variance that is contributed by additive genetic variance.
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Natural selection
Definition
Principle that individuals that are better adapted to an environment tend to survive more often and contribute more offspring to the next generation.
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Polygenes
Definition
A group of two or more genetic loci that together control a quantitative trait.
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Quantitative inheritance
Definition
Inheritance of a characteristic that varies (usually continuously) in amount.
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Quantitative trait
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A characteristic that varies in amount of a measurable feature.
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Quantitative trait locus (QTL)
Definition
The position on a chromosome of a gene that contributes to a quantitative trait.
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Selection differential
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The difference between the mean of the selected parents and the mean of the general population.
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Selection limit
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The point at which no further improvement can be obtained by artificial selection.
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Selection response
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The difference between the mean of the offspring of the selected parents and the mean of the original general population.
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Threshold trait
Definition
A discrete trait that is brought about when some continuously varying parameter(s) exceeds a critical value.
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